A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Gordons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gordon at two addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 106 other streets too, all listed on the Gordon name's own page.
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Where the Gordons lived
- 1
1949 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A Gordon, a porter at the Grand Union Hotel 1940
- Howard Gordon 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Stevenson at 1943 and A F Adams at 1961. The block, door by door
- 2
2724 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Doug B Gordon, a mechanic at Begg Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Saville at 2716 and Mrs E Budden at 2730. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a mechanic and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists A Gordon at 1949 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Gordon there as the householder, a porter at the Grand Union Hotel, with Howard Gordon. The 1940 name section lists Doug B Gordon at 2724 West 5th Avenue, a mechanic at Begg Motor.
Today
2724 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1949 West 5th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gordon A1949 West 5th, p. 185
- Gordon Arth porter Grand Union Hotel1949 West 5th, p. 230
- Gordon Howard1949 West 5th, p. 230
- Gordon Doug B mech Begg Motor2724 West 5th, p. 230
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gordons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gordon name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.